St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-28
RACING ON THE RIVER.

the Twin Cities and saltwater
Speeded OH the Ice.
The gentlemen'S driving matinee on the
river track yesterday afternoon brought out
number of well-known trotting and pacing
horses from ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Still
water. The ice track was in good condi-
ton and some spirited racing was had, in
charge of George A. Nash, Matt Balfour
and Il. Overpeck of the St. Paul Driving
association.
Among the st. Paul horses were George
Herr0n's Kate, Drury's John Thomas, w. S.
Monroe's Babe, John Farrington'sss Jim,
Dove Morrison's Volunteer, A. d. S. John
r. Overpeck's Cap and Jim, William
Schutte's Tue, William Hamms Little Joe,
Ramsey Crooks Vascoe, Charles Steele's
Lizzie R, Simon's Bay Frank, John
Hankey's Sorrel George, Matt Balfours
Mountain Bay, J.. G. Stebbins' George B,
w. E. Schutte's Julia S, Barney Ryan's
Little Dick, John st. Aubn's Mountain
Quail NJ. o. Merrills Nellie Il, and Ham
burgers Sorrel Fred.
Prominent among the Minneapolis horses
were Fred Winston's Kitty, George Fer
rier's Bruno B. Frank Mackey's Uncle Eb,
J. II. Ensgn's Frank S, A. D. S. John
sons Harry B, and George Terriers double
team Gen. Hancock and Gen. f.
Of the Saltwater horses Abe Rohrbach's
Boston Davis and David Staples Western
Maid were on the track.
The racing was for blood and promiscuous
except in one instance, when J. C. Stebbins
drove his PAGER George 3 against A. D. S.
Johnson's Harry B for wager of $50.
Harry 3 won the race, George B dropping
q 1OOcn cbnp in tho dQoiSiva
Ensign's Frank S, with pacing record of
2:1S, did not enter the races. r. Over
peck'S Cap won four straight three-quarter
mile heats over all entries and NJ. o. Mer-
rilPS Nellie f won three heats in the trot-
ling class. The association will prepare for
another driving matinee on Saturday.
HOW THE PEOPLE CAME:
As if the Whole Population Of the
Northwest Was Bent Oh Seeing the
Carnival.
There were crowds and crowds; on every
street and avenue they walked and talked
and grew enthusiastic as the day went by
with its interesting features. 1t was a
balmy. pleasant day, and every citizen who
could command turnout or was able to
walk, showed up Oh the street. Many of
the business houses were closed at noon,
and thousands of employees spent their half
holiday taking in the dog exhibition, the
equipage display and the races. OF skating
and tobogganing i'll the afternoon, and in
the evening witnessing the storming of the
palace. 1t was Minneapolis day. and the
generous-hearted people of the sister city
responded to the tune of 5000 visitors
But the crowds were not all OF st. Paul
and Minneapolis by long way. They
came from every point of the compass,
from near and far. from every town
and city and hamlet in Minnesota and
Wisconsin and Iowa and Dakota to make
st. Paufs ice carnival blooming success.
When every incoming train has twice its
usual number of coaches and requires two
engines to pull it in, and when the big
double doors at the union depot have to be
opened to their fullest to admit the crush
and three extra policemen kept busy to
avoid panic. there must be crowds.
Nobody knows so well how many strangers
came into the city yesterday as an over
worked passenger agent at the depot, who
said: Talk about crowds. Never, since
I've stood here and watched people come
and go, have L ever seen anything that be-
gun to compare with the jam to-day. l
don't know how many there were, but if
the people who came in to-day expressly to
see the biggest end of the carnival were
packed into the carnival park there
wouldn't be an opening to look through"